Filing-case.



PATENTED DEG. 12, 1905.

H. FALVEY.

FILING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED Mue. 1905.

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TTUHNEYS Wl TNESSES vIo HUMPHREY FALVEY, OF PARKVILLE, NEW YORK.

FILING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application iiled March 30. 1905. Serial No. 252,851.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUMPHREY FALVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkville, in the county of Kings and State of New 5.York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing-Cases, of which the Afollowing is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tiles or filing-cases for use in filing papers or documents of various kinds and classes; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and which may be used for any of the purposes for which such devices are usually employed and which is also particularly adapted for use as a card-index or card-index file; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists ina device of the class specilied, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fullyy disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved le-case; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l and showing part of one side of the file or case broken away, and Fig. 3 a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 and showing part of the construction broken away.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawings, I provide a rectangular oblong box or case a, the opposite sides of which are composed of two parts a2 and a3, and the parts a2 constitute the outer side portions and are preferably thicker than the parts a3 and are also provided centrally with longitudinal recesses a* on the inner sides thereof, and these recesses are covered by the parts a3. The inner parts a3 of the sides of the box or case a are composed of two parts a5 and cf, separated by a longitudinal slot or opening a7, and mounted in the box or case and mov- Vable longitudinally thereof is a transverse partition, plate, or board b, through which is passed a shaft c, the ends of which project into the longitudinal recesses ai in the opposite side portions of. the box or case and are provided with gear-wheels c2, and in the bottoms of the longitudinal recesses a* in the opposite sides of the box or case are placed racks OZ, on which the gear-wheels c2 rest and in connection with which said Wheels operate.

The partition is provided centrally with a longitudinal chamber b2, covered by a plate b3, which is countersunlr in one side of said partition, and the shaft c is provided within said chamber With a spiral spring e, which is wound thereon in opposite directions from the central portion thereof outwardly and the ends of which are secured to the end portions of the partition I), as shown at c2, or in any desired manner, the central portion of saids spring being also secured to said shaft at e The normal position of the partition Z) is at one end of the box or case a, as indicated in dotted lines at :n in Fig. 1., and in .filing documents or papers of any kind or class the partitionb is drawn in the direction of the arrow m2 in Fig. l, and the saidpapers or documents are placed between said partition and the end w3 of the box or case, and the force of the spring e when the partition is released will draw said partition in the direction of the end w3 of the box or case and/will lcause the partition to press on the papers or documents and to hold them securely in position.

The partition b may be turned at any time on the shaft c, and in this way the spring e may be wound up and placed at any desired tension, so as to hold the partition b with any desired or necessary pressure or force, and while I have shown or described but a single spring on the shaft e it will be evident that this spring when secured to said shaft and the partition b operates, in effect, as two different springs. and any other suitable arrangement of a spring or springs -in connection with the shaft c and partition which would operate to produce the desired result might be substituted for that herein shown and described.

My invention is also not limited to the exact means herein shown and described for mounting the partition on the shaft c or for connecting said shaft with said partition; but by placing the shaft in the partition as herein shown and described and by arranging the racks Z and the gear-wheels c2 in the opposite sides of the box or case, as herein shown and described, all the operative parts of my improved le or filing-case are concealed, and the said file or ling-case has the appearance of an ordinary box or case.

It will also be apparent that although I have IOO IOS

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described the opposite sides of the box or case as made of separate parts of dierent A thicknesses my invention is not limited to these details, as the said box or case may be made of sheet metal or any desired material.

I also prefer to connect the upper parts a5 of the inner side members of the box or case With the main outer parts a2 of'said sides by means of screws or similar devices f, and in this Way the parts a5 may be removed at any time in order to remove the partition and the shaft c, if desired, for repairs or other purposes, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A file of the class described, comprising a case, a partition movable therein, and devices for automatically forcing said partition in one direction, said devices being entirely concealed within the partition and the sides of the case, substantially as shown and described.

2. A file of the class described, comprising a case, a partition movable longitudinally therein, and devices for automatically forcing said partition the full length of the case in one direction, said'devices being entirely concealed Within the partition and the sides of the case, substantially as shown and described.

3. A file of the class described, comprising a case having side guides, a shaft mounted transversely of the case and movable longitudinally thereof in said guides, a partition corinected With said shaft and means for automatically forcing said partition in one direction, substantially as shown and described.

4. A ile of the class described, comprising a case, a shaft mounted transversely of the case and movable longitudinally thereof, a partition connected with said shaft and means for automatically forcing said partition in one direction, consisting of racks mounted in the opposite sides of the case, gear-Wheels connected with said shaft and meshing with said racks, and a spiral spring or springs connected with said shaft and with said partition, substantially as shown and described.

5. A le of the class described, comprising an oblong case having longitudinal recesses in the opposite sides thereof which open in- Wardly and which are provided With covers having longitudinal slots, a shaft mounted transversely of the case and passing through said slots and movable therein, racks placed in said recesses, gear-Wheels connected with said shaft and operating in connection With said racks, a partition mounted on said shaft and spiral springs connecting said partition With said shaft, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in'presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 27th day of March, 1905.

HUMPHREY' FALvEY.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY. 

